Sealing device.



W. K. EDGAR.

SEALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3,1912.

1,064,463, Patented June 10, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT ornrcn.

COMPANY, OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS. SEALING DEVICE.

1,0 4,4 3, Specification of Letters Pa tent. P t t d June 10, 1913,

a lication filed September a, 1912. Serial No. 718,344;

To all whom it may concern: it while Fig. 3 is a perspective View of -the' Be it known that I, WILLIAM Kenn ZED-'5 device in place in a locking-pin, and locked.

on, a-c'i'tizen of the United States, residing! Figs. 4, 5, and 6, represent, 111 similar order,

at Lawrence, in the county of Douglas and it a modification of the device more especially 5 State of Kansas, have invented certain new it adapted for sealing shipping and storage 're- 60 and useful Improvements in Sealing De ceptacles and containers that receive more vices, of Which the following, together with t or less of roughhandlin or abuse. the accompanying drawings, is a specifica- The same letters re er to the same or. tion. I similar parts throughout the various views. My invention relates to devices for sealing e device is stamped out of a single '65 freight ears, freight and express wagons, strip of iron, steel, or other suitable metal and other shipping-and storage receptacles or materia'l, and has at one end a T-like and containers which are closed with a door head or tongue A, flanked by the lugs B, a

or lid, and fastened with hasp and staple, neck C, and shoulders'D; and at or adj or hasp, staple and l0cking-pin, or some cent the other, a T-shaped opening or slot 1':

similar eontrivance; and has for its 0bject.,' consisting oi the throat E and the mouth in addition to the obviation of every kind of F, the latter flanked by'a number-bearing auxiliary sealing instrument, simplicity of; apron, shutter or locker G "provided with construction, cheapness of manufa eture, an anchorage hole H, and'adapted to receive, 20 ease of application, difficulty or i-mpossibi'l-i engage ,and secure said tongue or head and ity of repair, e'tc., the production of a seal I one another, while that part, of the strip bethat. will not break or become dislodged by! 'tween the neck and slot is divided into a reason of any motion,bnmping or jolting, lproximately equal segments and partially and having a locker bearing a serial or, 26 identification number, and in such a. 'posi- 5 tion as to render the latter especially notic'eah which must be bent throu h to render the strip readily bendable into a triangular loo-p, localize the strain of the bends, and insure breaking on being rebent.

Itwill be observed'that, at the neck C,

, ,',and at the extremes of the perforationsl,

30 thus serving immediate notice of any tamand the mouth F, the cuttings are arcs of th V v very small circles, this being the best expediaccomplish these-objects by a device which consists of a single strip of iron or steel, or other-suitable metal or material, of

35 such character, quality, size and weight as to be, at once, relatively rigid, bendable and breakable, same being weakened at varil Vith the side of the strip bearing the orator, the device is inserted into the keyout points along its length by appropriate hole of the loeki ngpin, or other fastening v cuttings, so as to render it readii bendable, to be,sealed, and thrust through until all to localize the strain ofthe bends, and insure segments are free of same except the one its severance on being rebent, and having a i T-like tongue or head with shoulders at one end, and a T-like opening or slot adjacent a triangular loo the tongue or head A, inthe other, adapted to receive and enga esaid sorted into the mouth'F, and the neck (7,

5 tongue or head, the said slot being anked thrust. down into the throat E. The shutter by an apron, shutter or locker hearing a or locker G, is then bent backward over the serialor an identification number, and proprojecting part of the tongue A, the latter vided with an opening to secure said enentering the opening H, and down until gagement, and for its own anchorage when stopped by the lugs B, thus leaving the into sealing position. locker G, with'the seals identification nuineferrmg to the drawings,, Figure 1 is a berm prominent relief' and, since the open- I perspective v ew of the device ready for use; ng H, fits 'rather snugly over the pro ect Fig. 2 1s a v1ew tron] above or beneath of mg tongue A, securely anchoring it there, the (lCVIC? inserted into the keyhole of. a an operation which results in engaging the locking-pm, and bent into scaled posltion; otherwise free ends of the loop and securing them,

and exposing the numberto plain,

even obtrusive view, where it and all other parts will remain until the seal is broken by the reversal of this process, or in some other way or some other point. The resulting seal, it will be observed, is really a double seal. That is to say, unless the device is 'first broken'or severed at some point or angle other than the angle of engagement, it will ordinarily require at least tw'obreakings of same in order to unseal and remove it, one at the extremes of the mouth F, and another at one of the angles or perforations I; for the strip has been so weakened at all said points as to insure its breaking and arting thereat on being straightened or re- The modified form shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, differs from the parent form only in that the ton ue A, is without lugs 50 as to permit the down upon the adjacent leg of the triangle, and in that the cuttings at the neck 0, and at the extremes of the mouth F, are square instead of circular, and about 3/64 of an inch from the edges,'so as to prevent extreme localization of the strain of the bend at said mouth, and permit of this doubling without fracturing or rupturing the metal or other material of which the sealmay be made. The resulting seal, shown in perspective in Fig. 6, will stand almost any kind of rough handling or-abuse without breaking or be coming dislodged, while it will necessarily bifeak on'being opened or unsealed.

understood that other *It 7 is, of course,

modifications m1 ght be resorted to, but without materially-departing from the spirit, scope and purpose of my invention, sacrificing any of its advantages, or resulting in anyt-hingbut substantial equivalents.

I am aware that, prior to this invention, seals have been made of strips of such material, with bonding and breaking points de-.

termined by partial severance, and having their ends engaged by the insertion of a T-like head into a T-like slot, and secured by bending a shutter across said head; but the things that are new in this device are the head or tongue with lugs at its base, and

the relatively long shutter or locker bearing the serial or identification number, and provided with an opening adjacent'thesl0t--t0 fit over the promoting end of said tongue, and for the double purpose of anchoring said locker in place, and making it necesocker G, to be doubled clear.

sary to rebend said locker through a considerable angle in order to release it, or any other part of the engagement. The circular character of the cuttings at the extremes of the perforations I, in both types of seal Fig. 1, at the neck C, and at the extremes of the outh F, for the purpose of determining and controlling the nature and extent of the weakening at those points, are also new.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a sealing device substantially as specified, a strip of material-bent into an angular loop, same being weakened at each bend by partial severance, and having "its ends intersectionally engaged by the insertion of a T-like tongue, at one, into a T-like slot flanked by a locker provided with an opening adjacent saidslot, at the other, and secured by bending said locker down as far as possible over the projecting end'of said tongue, the latter entering and fitting into said opening.

2. A strip of aterial bent into an angular loop, same beiii partially severed-"at each bend by an oblong perforation, and having its ends intersectionally engaged by the insertion of a T-like tongue with shoulders, at one, into a T-like slot flanked by a numberbearing locker provided with an opening adjacent said slot, at the other,.and secured sible over the projecting end of said tongue,

said opening.

3. A strip of metal bent into a triangular loop, same being p'artiallysevered and weakwith circular extremes, and having'it's ends intersectionally engaged by the insertion-of a T-like tongue with lugs at its base, at one, into a T-likeslot flanked by a number-bearing locker provided with an opening adjabending said locker down as far as possible latter entering and fitting snugly into said opening. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 'aiiixed my hand in the presence of two wit- (it-pies otthil patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. 0.

shown; and the circular cuttings shown in.

by bending said locker down as far as pos-' ened at each angle by an oblong perforation,

the latter entering andfitting snugly mto I cent said slot, at the other, and secured by over the projecting end of said tongue, the 

